India News | Ex-militant Leader, 2 Others Held with Drugs in Assam

Diphu (Assam), Sep 20 (PTI) Three suspected drug peddlers, including a former militant leader, were arrested and heroin was recovered from their possession in Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Friday, police said.

A team from Khatkhati Police Station, while conducting search operations at Karagaon Ranabasti near the Assam-Nagaland border, spotted a car around 12.45 pm, bearing an Assam registration number.

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“Our team stopped the car coming from the Dimapur side. While searching it, 11.08 gram of heroin hidden in a soap box was recovered,” a police officer said.

The trio, including a woman, have been arrested. Among those held is a former ‘chief commander' of a militant outfit, who had surrendered in July 2023, he said.

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The former militant leader had also purportedly launched a news portal, and was trying to smuggle the drugs in the vehicle, which had a ‘Press' sticker on it, the officer said.

“A case has been registered and investigation is underway,” he added.

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